I have to admit...I am struggling. The current political climate is causing some soul-searching.... [View all]
The struggle is not wanting to damn a whole group of mostly faceless people - ie Republicans - for what some of their so-called leadership is saying and doing. I don't want to become bitter - or a hater. It is a weakness of mine to sometimes resort to hyperbole, to overreact, to generalize - so the Catholic church sex abuse scandal makes me wonder why anyone would want to remain a member of that faith. And now - between Mitt and the taxes, Ryan and the medicare lies, then the Ohio crap about denying minority early voting, and the last straw - the redefinition of rape and bizarre urban legends about how a woman's body under stress will "take care of it" - the idiocy, the rottenness, the willful ignorance and manipulation - I find myself there again - wondering how anyone can remain a member of party with such a rotted, fetid base and heart and message....
So I guess I either need to step away, turn it off, get away from it - but somehow get back to some peace of mind...my tendency at this moment is to pretty much turn my back on all Republicans - even if they are friends or familly...
Anyone else here understand this feeling? How are you dealing with it?
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